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Week in pictures: From deadly ISIL attack in Moscow to drought in Vietnam

A roundup of some of the main events last week.

A massive blaze is seen over the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 22
An enormous blaze is seen over the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia. Several gunmen burst into the concert hall fired automatic weapons at the crowd, killing more than 130 and injuring more than 150 [Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP Photo]
Published On 24 Mar 2024

Also, antigovernment protests in Argentina and the presidential election in Senegal.

A man carries a plastic bucket across the cracked bed of a dried-up pond in Vietnam's southern Ben Tre province on March 19
A man carries a plastic bucket across the cracked bed of a dried-up pond in Vietnam's southern Ben Tre province. Every day, farmer Nguyen Hoai Thuong prays in vain for rain to fall on the cracked dry earth of her garden in Vietnam's Mekong Delta - the country's 'rice bowl' agricultural heartland. A blazing monthlong heatwave has brought drought, parching the land in Thuong's home of Ben Tre province, 130km (81 miles) south of business hub Ho Chi Minh City. [Nhac Nguyen /AFP]
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A group of migrant people try to cross a barbed wire fence to reach the US side, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on March 20
A group of migrants tries to cross a barbed wire fence to reach the US side, as seen from Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. [Herika Martinez/AFP]
Revellers daubed in colours take part in Lathmar Holi celebrations, the Hindu spring festival of colours, at Nandgaon in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on March 19
Revellers daubed in colours take part in Lathmar Holi celebrations, the Hindu spring festival of colours, at Nandgaon in India's Uttar Pradesh state. [AFP]
Lawmakers vote for Article 23 in the chamber of the Legislative Council after the conclusion of the readings of the Article 23 National Security Law, in Hong Kong on March 19
Lawmakers vote for Article 23 in the chamber of the Legislative Council after the conclusion of the readings of the Article 23 National Security Law, in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's legislature unanimously passed a new national security law introducing penalties such as life imprisonment for crimes related to treason and insurrection, and up to 20 years in jail for the theft of state secrets. [Peter Parks/AFP]
Ko Muang Phet, a white buffalo who was sold for 18 million baht, is seen with his new owner Jintanat Limtongkul, after a meeting between prime minister Srettha Thavisin and members of the Thai Buffalo Breeding Development Association at Government House in Bangkok on March 20
Ko Muang Phet, a white buffalo sold for 18 million baht ($496,278), is seen with new owner Jintanat Limtongkul, after a meeting between Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and members of the Thai Buffalo Breeding Development Association at Government House in Bangkok. The prime minister took the bull by the horns on as he welcomed an unusual visitor to his offices. [Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP]
NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and Spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus react during their space suit check shortly before launch to the International Space Station (ISS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 21
NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus react during their space suit check shortly before launch to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. [Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters]
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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians rush to the aid of a wounded youth after Israeli bombardment in central Gaza City on March 18
Palestinians rush to the aid of a wounded youth after Israeli bombardment in central Gaza City. [AFP]
Aerial view showing security forces standing guard as members of social movements protest against cuts by the government of President Javier Milei in the most vulnerable sectors, on March 18
Aerial view showing security forces standing guard as members of social movements protest against cuts by the government of President Javier Milei in the most vulnerable sectors, at the Pueyrredon Bridge in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. [Luis Robayo/AFP]
Rohingya refugees are seen on a capsized boat before being rescued in the waters of West Aceh, Indonesia, March 21
Rohingya refugees are seen on a capsized boat before being rescued in the waters of West Aceh, Indonesia. [Hendri/Reuters]
Emergency personnel carry a 4-year-old girl who was rescued from her collapsed house after heavy rains, in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Saturday, March 23
Emergency personnel carry a four-year-old girl who was rescued from her collapsed house after heavy rains, in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. [Bruna Prado/AP Photo]
Masked penitent carry a religious figure during ''La Dolorosa'' procession, a few days ahead of Holy Week, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, March 22
Masked penitent carry a religious figure during 'La Dolorosa' procession, a few days ahead of Holy Week, in Pamplona, northern Spain. Hundreds of processions will be take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. [Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo]
Supporters of presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye attend a final campaign rally ahead of the presidential elections in Mbour, Senegal, Friday, March 22
Supporters of presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye attend a final campaign rally ahead of the presidential elections in Mbour, Senegal. The Senegalese go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in a totally unpredictable race after three years of turmoil and political crisis. [Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo]